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The Niger: Response overview (June 2022)

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN 978-92-5-136442-0

Synopsis (short abstract) For over a decade, the Niger has experienced a food security crisis with agricultural and pastoral production deficits. In 2021, the 2 million tonne cereal deficit meant that 39 percent of the population’s needs and 46 percent of animals’ needs were not covered. The war in Ukraine is triggering atypical price increases, including of fertilizers and wheat products. Civil insecurity also persists in border areas of the country (Liptako-Gourma, Maradi and Diffa regions). As a result, the number of departments in Phase 3 (Crisis) in the Niger has doubled between 2020/21 and 2021/22. In addition, for the first time, there are two departments in Phase 4 (Emergency) in Tillabéri. With 80 percent of the country’s population living in rural areas, FAO urgently requires funding to provide vulnerable households with rainfed agricultural support to restore their staple food production and income-generating activities, in order to quickly improve their food security.

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FAO. 2022. The Niger: Response overview – June 2022. Rome

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc0587en

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